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and he might have recovered; at least, he
would have heard of Jesus.’”’

—Anone the many trades followed by the
thrifty Chinese, is that of the publicstory teller,
who makes a good living by it, provided he has
a good memory and the gift of attracting
listeners. The Chinese are fond of hearing
stories, and that is one of the reasons why a
preacher of the Gospel in China can always
draw a crowd. Some of those professional
story-tellers have become Christians, and they
are now using their power of speech in the ser-
vice of the true God, always and everywhere

The Outlook from the Editor’s Window.

—TxseE Workman of Pittsburgh says of our
English mission work: The necessity for Eng-
lish Lutheran churches is happily coming to a
general recognition in the German Synod of
Missouri. In Baltimore, South Pittsburgh,
New Orleans, St. Louis, and other places, con-
gregations have been organized, and in most of
them new churches have been erected. The
latest of these is in St. Louis, where Grace
English Lutheran church, a neat structure,
85X65 feet, and costing, with the ground,
$12,000, has just been dedicated. The erection| finding people ready to listen to.the Bible
of this edifice is largely owing to the enlightened | stories, which are much more beautiful and pure
zeal of the Rev. Pastor Janzow, of the Bethle-| than their former stories of heroes and ghosts.
hem German church. The Rev. F. Adams,| —TueE Moravians havea mission in the most
of the Theological Seminary at St. Louis, is| inaccessible region of Thibet. The mission
the pastor, and the prospects for a strong con-| premises lie about 9400 feet above sea level,
gregation in the future are very encouraging. | and 1000 feet above the narrow ravine, down

—Anxour 90 years ago a teacher in a school| which the foaming torrent of the Sutlej rushes.
in New York city talked to his pupils about} The village of Poo is the largest in that remote
the heathen. A little girl eight years old, who| district, but the high passes leading to it are
heard him, made up her mind that she would | very difficult at all times, and impassable for a
become a missionary, if it was God’s will.| good part of the year. Here live and labor a
Home duties kept her from fulfilling her reso-| missionary pair, occupying a post about as
lution until she was 30 years old. She then| isolated as any mission field on the face of the
went to the island Ceylon as a missionary.|earth. Their nearest post-office is fourteen days
She labored there for 43 years without once} distant over Himalayan mountain patha. » Ten
returning to America. When people asked | years or more may pass without their receiving
her, ‘‘Why do you not take a vacation?’”’ she} a single visit from a European. But for thirty-
replied, ‘‘I am too busy.’’ The name of this| two years this outpost has been faithfully held
woman was Eliza Agnew. : as a center for evangelistic labors.

—Curna Missions.—Two years ago a China| —A missionary says: “When I arrived at
missionary society was organized in Sweden| the Fiji group, my first duty was to bury the
and Norway. They have now 17 men in the} hands, arms, feet and heads of eighty victims
field, and 34 more have offered their services| whose bodies had been roasted and eaten in a
to the central committee in Christiania. In| cannibal feast. I lived to see those very can-

June, 1890, the Norwegians in America or-| nibals, who had taken part in that inhuman
ganized a similar society. Rev. O. M. Oatby| feast, gathered about the Lord’s table.”
is their Treasurer; he proposes that each Lu-| —HERE is a pleasant little glimpse of South
theran pastor in America contribute one dollar. | Sea life, in a letter recently received by the
This, he believes, will be enough to sent out| British and Foreign Bible Society from Raro-
more than a dozen missionaries. There is no} tonga: ‘‘The Bible is still the book of Raroton-
scarcity of men for this work, but the means of | gans. Passing along the road one sometimes
support are wanting. sees the old people sitting outside their cottages,

—A wmunisteR was told of a Mr. K., who| enjoying the warmth of the setting sun and
lived in a town where he had been pastor a| reading diligently the sacred Word. Many of
few years before: ‘‘Mr. K. thinks the world| them read the daily chapter in connection with
of you, and that there is no one whom he ever| the Bible and Prayer Union. As regards the
heard whose preaching he liked s0 well.’” And| older church members, our experience is that
he answered: ‘I wish he had said so while I} they would sooner part with houses or land than
was pastor. It would have made my work} be deprived of their Bible. They can truly
easier and my life brighter.” say, ‘O how I love Thy law! it is my medita-

—A LADY missionary writes from China:’ tion all the day.’”’

“I can not forget what one dear woman said to} — GREENLAND is located far up in the Arctic
me when I was at Kwang-feng. She came in| regions. It is very cold, yet there are a num-
every day and always listened so attentively..| ber of warm-hearted Lutherans in that country
She had such a sad face, and she told me how | —about 10,000.

her'son, a young man of twenty-five, had died} —IcELAND is also a cold country, and, like
-a few months ago. He was a very dutiful son, | Greenland, the home of a number of Lutheran
and they were rebuilding their house so that} Christians. As soon as a child can hold a book
its parents teach it to read. ‘The Bible, cate-
chism, and the hymn-book are their school
books. One of the most earnest pastors in Ice-
land is the venerable Rey. Pyetur Pyetursson
(Peter Peterson), who is now past 80 years old.

was taken ill and died in a few days. After
she had told me, with tears in her eyes, she

eld my hand and said, ‘Oh, if you had only
some sooner you could have prayed for him,

.

Acknowledgments.

Received from the following members of Beth-
lehem Chapel, specially for the Building Fund:
Mr. Oliver Hager $1.00, Mrs. Amelia Hager $1.00,
Mrs. Minty Edwards $4.00.

New Orleans, La., January 19, 1891.

AuG. BurGporrF.

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Evangelical Lutheran Colored Churches,
New ORLEANS, La.
EV. LUTH. ST. PAUL’S CHAPEL.
113 Annette Str., between Claiborne and Dirbigny

Divine services at 10 o’clock Sunday morning and at 73¢
o’clock Wednesday evening.
Sunday School from 2 to 4.

- EV. LUTH. MT. ZION CHURCH.
Cor. Franklin and Thalia Strs.
Divine sekvices at 734 Sunday evening and at 74 Thursday
evening.

Sunday School meets at 9 o’clock.
Adult catechumen class meets at 734 Tuesday evening.

N. J. BAKKE, Misstonary.

EV. LUTH. TRINITY CHURCH.
Zimple Str., between Monroe and Leonidas.
CaRnOLLTON.
Divine services at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon and 7°34

o’clock Wednesday evening.
Sunday School at 9 o’clock.

EV. LUTH. BETHLEHEM CHAPEL.
Cor. Washington Avenue and Dryades Str.

Divine services at 73; o’clock Sunday evening and at.7
o’clock Thursday evening.
Sunday School at 9 o’clock.
Aca. Buroporr, Miss1oNaRY.

St. Paul’s Colored Lutheran Church,
Cor. Rock § 12th Strs., Little Rock, Ark.

Divine service ey evening at 734 0’clock.
Sunday School from 10—12.

Catechumen class meets from 7—8 Wednesday evening.
Singing-school from S—9 Wednesday evening.

Ey. Luth. Holy Trinity Church,
Springfeld, Ills.

Divine services at half past 10 o’clock Sunday morning
and at 8 o’clock Sunday evening.
pansy, Eeloo! at3 S2clock a M. i
jatechumen class mects Monday und Friday evenings.
Singing-school Tuesday evening» saad oe
3 H.S. KNAnenscncn, Missionary.

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